Hillary Diane Rodham

Hillary Diane Rodham was born Oct 26, 1947 at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham and his wife Dorothy Emma Howell. The family lived first in Chicago until Hillary was three, and then in Park Ridge, Illinois. Her father was a son of Welsh and English immigrants. She has two younger brothers, attorney Hugh, who also ran for Senate, and Tony a business consultant, who is also associated with the Democratic National Committee (cf "Hugh Rodham Jr" on Muckety).

In 1971, while they were both at Yale she met and began dating Bill Clinton. She was a law professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville from 1974 to 1976. She and Bill married Oct 11, 1975, in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. Hillary then joined the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock in 1977, becoming at that time, or later partner. Bill and Hillary had a single child, Chelsea Victory Clinton, on Feb 27, 1980 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

In 1976 Bill Clinton was elected Attorney General of Arkansas and in 1978 Governor of Arkansas for a 2-year term. He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1980, but then reclaimed the Governorship in 1982 and remained Governor for ten more years. In 1992, while Governor of Arkansas, he ran for and was elected President of the United States and then was re-elected in 1996, serving until Jan 2001.

Hugh Ellsworth Rodham

He married Dorothy Emma Howell in 1942 in Chicago, Illinois (per Wikipedia). They first lived in Chicago, but then about 1950/1 they moved to the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois, where Hilary grew up.

In 1987 they moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. Hugh died 7 Apr 1993 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, and is buried at Washburn Street Cemetery in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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Dorothy Emma Howell

Dorothy Emma Howell was born in or around Chicago, Illinois in June, 1919, the daughter of Edwin John Howell and his wife Della Murray. Her parents divorced (this article states in 1920, while this one states 1927), and Della married secondly in 1933 to a Chicago businessman Max Rosenburg. It was perhaps about this time that Dorothy and her younger sister, Isabelle (b. 1924) went to live with their grandparents in the Los Angeles area.

Wikipedia states that "... through her years in high school, she lived with her paternal grandparents in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra, California. After graduating from Alhambra High School in 1937, she moved to Chicago where she married Hugh Ellsworth Rodham in 1942."

Her Wikipedia article states that Dorothy moved back to Chicago "...for a failed reunion with her mother." Another article states that her mother wanted her to return to Chicago, but to work as her housekeeper. Dorothy met Hugh Rodham in 1937 when she applied for a secretarial job at the Columbia Lace Company, where he sold curtains as a traveling salesman. It wasn't until four or five years later that he and Dorothy married, probably in or near Chicago. They were subsequently to have three children.

Hillary was born in a hospital in Chicago, but when she was three, the family moved to the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois. This article states they moved to Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas in 1987, "...to be closer to their daughter."

When her husband died, an article in the News Record of North Hills, Pennsylvania which was mainly about Hillary, reprinted this quote from Dorothy:

"There must have been 40 or 50 children within a four-block radius of our house and within four years of Hillary's age," the first lady's mother, Dorothy Rodham, told The Washington Post in January. "They were all together, all the time, a big extended family. There were more boys than girls, lot of playing and competition."

She was mentioned, living, in May 2004 here, when she went out with her daughter and granddaughter.

In the article, "Hillary Rodham Clinton", ancestry research by William Addams Reitwiesner, he mentions that she was living in 2006 in Washington, D.C.

Dorothy Rodham is mentioned, living in this article from 8 Dec 2007 which states that she is with her daughter on the campaign trail (or at least part of it).

News Record of North Hills, Pennsylvania, Nov 24, 1994 "First lady's mom campaigns, hits Stones concert", The Associated Press (with picture) : "She grew up in Pasadena, Calif. Her father was Welsh, her mother was Scottish, French and Indian. One biographer said she "doesn't remember her childhood too fondly," but Hillary Clinton did not explain why. She met Hugh Rodham in 1937 while applying for a secretarial job at Columbia Lace Co., where he sold curtains. They married in 1942. She lives now in a comfortable home in a quiet Little Rock neighborhood."

US Public Records Database showing that "Dorothy R Rodham, born Jun 1919, living in Washington DC". She probably lived with or near the Clinton's when they were in the White House. This database is showing an address of "3131 Connecticut Ave NW"

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Hugh Simpson Rodham

Hugh Simpson Rodham was born Aug 16, 1879 in Durham, England, the son of Jonathan Rodham and his wife Isabella Simpson. By 1900 the family had moved to Scanton, Pennsylvania which is probably where Hugh married his wife Hannah about 1906.

The family was there through the 1930 census and Hugh may have lived the remainder of his life in Scranton. Hugh Rodham died Mar 1965, probably in Pennsylvania.

Hannah Jones

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Edwin John Howell, Jr

Edwin John Howell, Jr. was born Jan 20, 1897 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois, the son of Edwin John Howell and his wife, Emma Monk.

Edwin Jr moved to Chicago, and married secondly Della Murray about 1918. They lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois when their daughter Dorothy was born there in June 1919.

Edwin and Della divorced, probably in Chicago — (this article states in 1920, while this one states 1927). It was perhaps about this time that Dorothy and her younger sister, Isabelle (b. 1924) went to live with their grandparents in the Los Angeles area, one article stating that this was "when she was 8 years old".

Edwin Howell is probably that same one who died in 1946 in San Francisco.

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1910 Census of Elgin, Kane County, Illinois showing : "Edwin Howell, 43, married for the second time, 15 years ago, Eng/Eng/Eng, immigated in 1887, Machinist, Watch Factory, Rents Home; Emma 35, married for the first time, 15 years ago, mother of 1, 1 living, English Canada/New York/England, immigrated in 1876; Edwin 13 Illinois/England/English Canada"

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Della Murray

This article states that her second marriage was to "...a Jew, a Chicago businessman named Max Rosenberg." It does appear likely however, that her second marriage was to a Mr Chrysler. Her marriage to Rosenberg took place in 1933.

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Jonathan Rodham

Isabelle Simpson

Mr Jones

Mrs Jones

Edwin John Howell

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1910 Census of Elgin, Kane County, Illinois showing : "Edwin Howell, 43, married for the second time, 15 years ago, Eng/Eng/Eng, immigated in 1887, Machinist, Watch Factory, Rents Home; Emma 35, married for the first time, 15 years ago, mother of 1, 1 living, English Canada/New York/England, immigrated in 1876; Edwin 13 Illinois/England/English Canada"

Emma Monk

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1910 Census of Elgin, Kane County, Illinois showing : "Edwin Howell, 43, married for the second time, 15 years ago, Eng/Eng/Eng, immigated in 1887, Machinist, Watch Factory, Rents Home; Emma 35, married for the first time, 15 years ago, mother of 1, 1 living, English Canada/New York/England, immigrated in 1876; Edwin 13 Illinois/England/English Canada"

Copied from W.A.R's site, obituary of her father John. "26 -- obituary in The Elgin Daily News 16 Jul 1916, p. 5: "John Monk, former town collector and for nearly forty years a cigar maker in this city, died at the Old Soldiers' Home, Danville, Ill., yesterday afternoon. His body will be brought to this city tonight. He had been ill for nearly two years. He gave up active work three years ago. Some time following his election as town collector a year ago, he was taken to St. Joseph's hospital for treatment. Three months ago he returned to the soldiers' home. Mr. Monk was well known in Elgin, especially among older residents. He was a veteran of the civil war and for many years a familiar figure at the reunions of the 'boys of '61'. Besides his widow, he is survived by a son, John Monk, of South Elgin, and two daughters, Mrs. Ed Howell and Mrs. Anno Andresen of this city. He also has several brothers."